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Review of "The Salvation Mongers"
A book by Ronald L. Donaghe
Reviewed by Duane
Simolke
Ronald Donaghe, the author of Commons Sons, offers a look inside the bastion of
bigotry and self-loathing that many people know as "the ex-gay
movement."
Though The Salvation Mongers is a work of fiction, it builds its suspenseful,
engaging plot upon the philosophies of that actual movement, and the ordeals of
its actual victims.
Most people assume that these groups mean well and couldn't possibly hurt. This
novel suggests otherwise; the book's afterward (a non-fiction essay) proves
otherwise.
From my research into the ex-gay movement, and from my conversations with people
who have seen the rotten fruit of its labor, I know that this work of fiction
bares more truth than any of the promises that so-called "reparative
therapy" makes.
Donaghe creates believable, tortured characters. I've met all the
"types" he portrays in The Salvation Mongers, including some of the
more sinister characters. I've also seen the beauty of the New Mexico landscape
that provides an effective contrast for the ugliness that Donaghe exposes.
This book is both alluring and repulsive in its accuracy. Please read it before
you join or fund an ex-gay group.
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